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Torrance Center for Creativity and Talent Development presents the 2023 Torrance Festival of Ideas

CREATIVE MINECRAFTERS: COGNITIVE & PERSONALITY DETERMINANTS OF CREATIVITY, NOVELTY, AND USEFULNESS IN MINECRAFT - Any Shaw
In response to the growing interest in utilizing sandbox video games like Minecraft for assessment and training purposes, the study explored the concept of creativity in Minecraft as well as examined the personal characteristics (i.e., cognitive abilities and personality traits) that were predictive of individuals’ Minecraft creative performance. Dr. Amy Shaw is currently an assistant professor of psychology at University of Macau. She graduated from the industrial-organizational psychology program at Rice University in 2017. Before returning to academia, Amy worked as a research scientist developing intelligence and personality assessments for a test publisher headquartered in Atlanta, GA.
Session host: Anna Abraham, Torrance Center for Creativity & Talent Development, Mary Frances Early College of Education at the University of Georgia

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